Hello There,
Sooo it's been a year. Good news: I'm alive. I've also decided that since I'm no longer teaching, I am going to change the focus of my lessons to traveling. Since I married a fellow traveler/adventurer I've had experience and am looking forward to gaining more experience in this journey!
Now, what makes my experiences unique? For starters, I have student loans. Every. single. travel blog I read always talks about how they had a high paying job, no debt, quit/got laid off, and then decided to explore the world because they had no ties. That's awesome! Buuuuut, that's not my situation. I WISH, desperately, that I had no student debt, but sadly, young me didn't have a choice (maybe "wasn't aware of options" is a better way to put it). Also, I went into education. Unfortunately, teaching/advising the world's "future leaders" pays about...ummm...well negative money (see: student loans). And I'm not single, so there's that, too. Basically: I'm not the norm travel blogger. BUT I've still found ways to travel, and I will continue to. My goal is to share with you good advice, sarcastic advice, good and bad experiences, and favorite adventures.
I recently read an article that talked about the possibility of a gene that makes people want to travel/wanderlust. I've decided I believe it. Have you met or are you one of those people who is perfectly content to stay home, and maybe haven't even left the state you reside in? I don't understand you (hey, you don't understand me, either!). When I see pictures of new places, my heart literally beats faster. When the plane touches down on unexplored land, I want to stay in that moment forever and simultaneously desire to run off the plane and see EVERYTHING. I get ridiculously jealous of people who post pictures of their travels--I want to be there. I want to be in the photo or even on the other side of the camera. I will spend hours figuring out where to go, and how to get there. Right now, after thinking and writing this, my heart feels like it might explode--I'm ready, world, let me see you! I want to see new places, meet new people, eat new (but not crazy) food, spend my days learning about the area, swimming in the ocean, hiking, and then go to the next place!
I can't wait to share with you my tips, tricks, and amateur mistakes!
Dreaming of Lessons to be Learned,
Mrs. B
